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November 2011
Max Planck Society and Frontiers sign publishing cooperation agreement for Open Access journals
The Max Planck Society and Frontiers Media, an open access publisher based in Switzerland, announced today that they have signed a funding agreement to support scientific authors who submit research papers to all Frontiers journals.
Effective November 1, 2011, all publication charges for research articles submitted by authors affiliated with any Max Planck Institute will be directly and fully funded by the Max Planck Society. This institutional agreement is valid for all current and future Frontiers journals.
Press Release
November 2011
International Berlin 9 conference on Open Access to be held Nov. 9-10
Leaders from science, humanities, research, funding, and policy communities will gather for the Berlin conference on November 9 and 10. This ninth installment in the prestigious international series will be the first to be held in North America. It is designed to address the unique considerations of the North-American community in exploring the transformative impact that open, online access to research can have on scholarship, scientific discovery, and the translation of resulting benefits to the public.
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Conference Website
October 2011
Max Planck Society and Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals sign Open Access agreement
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals (BQFJ) and the Max Planck Society (MPS) announced today that they have signed an agreement whereby open access publication fees for BQFJ journals articles will be paid directly out of a fund supporting researchers from the Max Planck Institutes.
Press Release
October 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (Japan) and MPDL continue their cooperation for a further five years
On 12/10/2011 Mikiko Tanifuji, Head of the Scientific Information Office of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Dr. Frank Sander, Head of MPDL, signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Both Partners will strengthen their activities in the further development of eSciDoc Applications – in particular PubMan and Imeji.
MPDL CoLaboratory
MPDL CoLaboratory - a Community of Expertise
The idea of the MPDL CoLab is to provide a platform for community building and knowledge exchange across (sub)projects and organisations. The MPDL CoLab connects people with similar fields of interests and goals within the Max Planck Society (MPG) as well as in external organisations.
